On 06/17/2016 11:58 AM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > On 06/17/2016 09:41 AM, Mark wrote: >> I've seen this "README.md file a lot lately in open source software >> bundles. What does the ".md" extension do for the build? Is it part of >> the config/make process? > ".md" indicates that the document is in "MarkDown" format. MarkDown is > a markup format for making a pretty webpage, while still having the > source (the .md file) be clearly human readable and diff-able. MD is > the same kind of thing as the Asciidoc that we use for the bulk of our > documentation, though different in detail. > > If you look at the bottom of the LinuxCNC project page on github you'll > see how our README.md file renders: https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc > > > Our linuxcnc.org website is all markdown: > > Markdown source here: https://github.com/LinuxCNC/wlo > > Result here: http://linuxcnc.org/ > > Ah, so that's what it is. Buddy of mine and I were talking about some open source software he'd downloaded recently and had seen the README file with the .md extension. I hadn't seen it before so I wasn't sure what it was about. Thanks for the explanation!
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